Erm how can anyone comment without knowing the full ins and outs of the story?

Seems a bit easy to jump on the bandwagon and condemn SS but I very much doubt anyone here knows the complete story

Erm, quite easily actually. How can they possibly know after 2 hours, how the girl would be around her child?

I have taken drugs in the past. It's not something I am proud of and I've not touched them since before I had my kids and wouldn't touch them now. So should they have taken my kids away for something I did in the past?

The poor girl didnt have an assessment and the baby was taken unlawfully the first time, she got him back. But because she has been in foster care, had mental health issues which resulted in her using drugs she had her child taken off her again!

I saw quite a few druggies in hospital when i had grace and they all keep their kids?!

Last resort should be taking the child away, like someone said, they should assess them together first then decide!

SS think they can do anything they like!

Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:38 pm

dani_babyboo

Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:36 pmPosts: 0Location: cannock

some services do this because they are idiots others turn a blind eye at everything, but rarely do there job properly.

i have done drugs, i had a drink problem all escalated from major PND my dad cares for my eldest boys but i got help and havent touched drugs and drink since before my 5 year old was born, but my midwifes refered me to SS and they did pre assesments before my son was born he was placed on protection register but when he was 6 months old it was reassessed and taken off the register because they did give me a chance to prove i could be a good mum. i also was referred to them when expecting keira and all was fine then 2 months ago they came to see how both shay and keira were and all was fine.
thats how they should assess people and offer support to those that need it, im one of the lucky ones

why cant they all do there bloody jobs right.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:56 pm

beccaboots

Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:05 pmPosts: 0

i use to work for social services and they dont take children away from parents for no reason , yes they do make mistakes but there must have been a reason for them to want to take this child off its mother, , yes what they did was wrong they should have gone though the proper channels , its easy to make them out as the bad guys ..

I just think its better to give her a chance and observe than to take achild away

Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:32 pm

beccaboots

Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:05 pmPosts: 0

Miss B wrote:

beccaboots wrote:

its easy to make them out as the bad guys ..

but they are in some cases

I just think its better to give her a chance and observe than to take achild away

i did make mistakes , and i agree a childs place is with its mother most of the time , all im trying to say we dont know the full facts ,

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Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:46 pm

NatEdgeEdwards

ED frequent user

Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:51 pmPosts: 160Location: Derbyshire, UK

So she had problems etc when she was younger, who doesn't? It really pisses me off how they only took the baby off her to boost the adoption numbers now you can see why some people with mental health problems don't want to get help if this is what happens down the line